Sept Familles: Fables de La Fontaine Deck of Cards , 1990

Item

Identifier: CFC2018.0069.1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.

This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.

Dates

1990

Extent

.5 Linear Feet : Bright orange box enclosing 42 cards featuring a backing, a number between 1 and 6, a fable title and image, and four to six lines from the fable by La Fontaine ; 2.5" x 3.5" .5"

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

42 cards featuring a backing, a number between 1 and 6, a fable title and image, and four to six lines from that fable by La Fontaine. Artist: J. Hodges. There are thus seven "families" of the six numbered cards for that fable. Cardboard-boxed. Made in France. The cards trace each of the seven fables step by step: FC; FS; LM; "Le Chat et les deux Moineaux"; GA; TH. The presentations are very lively! Blue pattern on the cards' verso. There are two extra cards: a title card and a rules card. This set differs from the parallel set in having the blue verso and in having lighter colors and sketchier backgrounds.